JANKE v. BECKSTEAD

No. 8866.

8 Utah 2d 247 (1958)

332 P.2d 933

ALMA J. JANKE AND HAZEL M. JANKE, PLAINTIFFS AND RESPONDENTS, v. GEORGE L. BECKSTEAD, JR., AND FAY D. BECKSTEAD, DEFENDANTS AND APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Utah.

December 12, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

King & Hughes, Salt Lake City, for appellants.

Duncan & Duncan, Adam M. Duncan, Salt Lake City, for respondents.


WADE, Justice.

Alma J. Janke and his wife brought this action to reform a deed to real property which they had purchased from Fay Beckstead and her husband, George L. Beckstead, to conform to what they alleged were the intentions of the parties. This appeal is from a judgment granting the reformation.

Appellants contend that the court erred in admitting parol evidence to vary the description in the deed because it contained no latent ambiguities and sufficiently...

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